Telephone attachment



May 33 19.26. 1,585,250

L. KALINA TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT File-:1 August 1, 1825 ATIURNEJ Patented l t lay 18, 1926,

UNETEQ STATES LOESER KALINA, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMIENT.

Application filed August 1, 1925. Serial No. 47,614.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for telephones and it pertains more particularly to a new and improved means for holding the tele phone receiver.

It is one of the principal objects of the present invention to provide means which will support a telephone receiver in operative position with respect to either the right or left ear of the person talking into the transmitter of the telephone, thus leaving both hands free for the making of notes or for other purposes during the use of the telephone.

It is a further object of the invention to provide new and novel means for maintaining the calling circuit of the telephone set closed when the telephone is not in operation, which means also permits of opening the calling and closing the speaking circuit, when it is desired to use the telephone, without removing the receiver from the receiver holding hook or holding the receiver when in use.

It is a further object of the invention to provide new and improved means of the above mentioned character which will be attachable to standard telephone sets without change or substitution of parts.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a detail view in front elevation showing the manner of use of the device constructed in accordance with the present invention and the manner in which it is attached to the telephone stand, the receiver holder being shown in full lines in one of its positions and in dotted lines in its other position.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the device, the telephone not being shown, and the receiver hook engaging member being in elevated position which releases the receiver hook to open the calling circuit and close the speaking circuit; and

Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the reference numeral 5 designates the upper portion of the telephone stand, 6 designates the receiver supporting hook thereof, and 7 designates the transmitter.

A clamp 8, comprising two members 9 and r ,10 having. interlocking, ends 11, is secured to the telephone stand 5. This clamp has rearwardly extending ends 12, and mounted thereon by means of a screw or bolt 13, there is a vertically extending standard 14:. The lower end of this standard 14: has a, right angular portion 15 which engages the rearwardly extending portion 12 of the clamp 8 in order to prevent locking of the vertical standard 14: about the screw or bolt 13. The upper portion of the standard 14.- is twisted as at 16 'in order that the end or the standard may attain a position at right angles to the body portion thereof, and secured to this end of the standard, which is designated by the reference numeral 17, there is an arm 18. This arm 18 has a right-angular end 19 which engages one of the edges of the end 17 of the vertical standard 1 1 to prevent pivotal. movement of the arm 18 about the means which secures it to the standard 14. Loosely pivoted as at 20 to the arm 18, there is a latch member 21. This latch member 21 has a main body portion 22 and a right angular end 23, which, as shown in Fig. 1, is adapted to engage the upper edge of the receiver hook 6 to maintain the receiver hook deprssed under normal operating conditions. As is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, this latch member 21 is adapted to swing out of engagement with the receiver hook 6 to permit movement of the same to close the speaking circuit when it is desired to use the telephone, and this movement out of engagement with the receiver hook 6 and into engagement therewith is indicated by the dot ted line B in said figure.

The telephone receiver which is designated by the reference numeral 2a is carried in a resilient member 25. The receiver carrier 25 is secured by means of a rivet 26 to the upper end 27 of the second vertically extending standard 28, the upper end of this standard being twisted as at 29 in order that the upper extremity thereof may occupy a position at substantially right angles to the main body portion thereof. A rivet 31 passes through the upper standard 28, an opening in the arm 18 and the upper end of the vertically extending standard 14 and the rivet serves to pivotally secure these several parts together. As indicated by the dotted lines A in Fig. 1, it will be noted that the second mentioned vertically extending member 28 is movable either to the right or left of the telephone stand, and to limit this movement a stop 32 is carried by the standard 28 and is adapted to engage the upper end of the standard 1%.

In Fig. is shown a modified form oi the invention in which the standarc 35 has its upper end bent at right angles to the body portion in a horizontal plane as des' -iated by the re'erence numeral 8G. The rel rene numeral 37 designates a telephone receiver supporting arm and this arm 3? is pivtally connected to the right angular extension at) of the standard by means of the rivet 38. The receiver carrying member 39 is mounted as at l0 upon a tree end of this arm. This construction permits the movement of the receiver from one side of the telephone stand to the other in a horizontal plane as distinguished from the movement from one side to the other in a vertical plane in that form of the invention disclosed in Figs. 1 and In that form o1 the invention shown in Fig; 3, an arm 4-1 is connected by means of a rivet 42 to the standard 35 and to said arm ll is pivoted at 46 a latch member 14: having a right angular end L5 for engagement with the telephone receiver hook. If desired, this latch member may occupy the position shown in Fig. 3, it being understood that there will be sutlicient friction at the pivotal point l6 to maintain the latch member and the receiver hook depressed under normal conditions but will permit of manual move ment of the latch to a position which will free the receiver hook when it is desired to use the telephone. The latch is provided with an operating portion a3 for this purpose.

lWhile this application presents two forms of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular construction of the illustrated embodiment thereof, but that the invention may be em bodied in other forms within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A receiver holding attachment for tele phone stands comprising a clamp adapted for attachment to a telephone stand, a stand ard extending vertically from said clamp, an arm projecting from said standard, a receiver hook operating member pivotally mounted on saio arm, and telephone receiver supporting means pivotally mounted upon said standard, and movable in a vertical plane to operative position upon opposite sides of the telephone stand.

2. A receiver holding attachment for telephones comprising a clamp adapted for at tachment to a telephone stand; a standard extending vertically therefrom; a receiver carrying member pivotally mounted on said standard and movable in a vertical plane to operative position at opposite sides of the telephonestand; a laterally extending arm mounted on said standard; and receiver hook operating means depending from said later ally extending arm, said receiver hook operating means engaging the receiver hook to hold it in depressed position.

A receiver holding attachment for tele phone stands comprising a vertically extending standard; means for attaching said standard to a telephone stand; receiver hook operatin means; means for pivotally mounting said receiver hook operating means on said standard; and a receiver carrying means pivoted on said standard and adapted for movement in a vertical plane to operative position at opposite sides of said telephone stand.

a. Inateleph-one receiver holder; a clamp; a vertically extending standard carried hereby; receiver carrying means pivotally mounted upon said standard for movement in a vertical plane to operative positions at opposite sides of the telephone stand; an arm projecting laterally from said standard; and receiver operating means loosely pivoted to said arm and adapted to move to a position to hold the receiver hook of the telephone stand depressed, upon depression of said hook.

5. In a telephone receiver holder; a clamp for attachment to a telephone stand; a standard extending vertically therefrom; a pivoted latch member for normally maintaining the receiver hook of the telephone stand in depressed position; a swinging arm pivotally mounted upon said standard and adapted for movement in a vertical plane to opera tive position at opposite sides of the telephone stand; and telephone receiver holding means carried by said pivoted arm.

6. A telephone receiver holder for telephone stands comprising a clamp member adapted for attachment to a telephone stand; a vertically extending standard removably attached to said clamp; a second standard extending vertically from said first mentioned standard and having means whereby it may be adjustably secured to said first mentioned standard; a laterally extending arm rigidly carried by said first mentioned standard; a swinging arm pivotally depending from said laterally extending arm said swinging arm being adapted to normally maintain the receiver hook of the telephone stand depressed; and means carried by the second mentioned standard for receiving and holding a telephone receiver.

7. A receiver holding attachment for telephone stands comprising a vertically ex tending standard; means for attaching said standard to a telephone stand; receiver hook operating means; means for pivotally mounting said receiver hook operating means on said standard; a receiver carrying means pivoted on said standard and adapted for movement in a vertical plane to operative position at opposite sides of said telephone stand; and means for limiting the pivotal movement of said receiver carrying means.

8. A receiver holding attachment for telephone stands comprising a vertically extending standard; means for attaching said standard to a telephone stand; receiver hook operating means; means for pivotally mounting said receiver hook means on said standard; a receiver carrying means pivoted on said standard and adapted for movement in a vertical plane to operoperating ative position at either the right or left of said telephone stand; and means for limiting the pivotal movement of said receiver carrying means, said means comprising a stop carried by the receiver carrying member and adapted for engagement With that member to which the receiver carrying member is pivoted.

Signed at New York, N. Y, this 24th day of July, 1925.

LOESER KALINA. 

